CONTENTS-CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME

• US 20140164987A1
• Filed: 11/12/2013
• Published: 06/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KANG, Seong-in, CHUNG, Woo-sung
• Application Number:
  US14/077,891
• Publication Number:
  US 20140164987A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An apparatus comprising: a display configured to display contents; a user interface configured to designate a part of the contents displayed on the display unit as a scroll lock region; and a controller configured to lock the scroll lock region to not be scrolled, while contents except the scroll lock region is scrollable in response to a scroll operation.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display contents;

a user interface configured to designate a part of the contents displayed on the display as a scroll lock region; and

a controller configured to lock the scroll lock region not to be scrolled, while contents except the scroll lock region are scrollable in response to a scroll operation.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the scroll lock region comprises an image.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the scroll lock region comprises a text.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a touch sensor merged into the display, and

the scroll lock region is designated by at least one from among a touch, a multi-touch, a long-touch and a diagram drawing.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a mouse for moving a cursor on the display, and

the scroll lock region is designated by performing at least one from among a click, a double click, a drag and drop and a diagram drawing.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a plurality of buttons, and

the image contained in the contents is designated as the scroll block region by at least one from among the plurality of buttons.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller generates a graphic user interface (GUI) for designating a part of the contents as the scroll lock region.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the scroll lock region is released by a same signal as an input signal received through the user interface when the scroll lock region is designated.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if contents to be scrolled are overlapped with the scroll lock region, the controller applies a blending process to the contents overlapped with the scroll lock region.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller moves the scroll lock region to a predetermined location on the display.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller adjusts a size of the scroll lock region.

21. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the blending process is an alpha blending process and the contents to be scrolled are visible through the scroll lock region.

12. A contents-control method of an apparatus comprising a display, the method comprising:

displaying contents;

designating a part of the contents displayed on the display as a scroll lock region by receiving an input signal from a user interface; and

locking the scroll lock region not to be scrolled, while contents except the scroll lock region are scrollable in response to a scroll operation.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the apparatus includes a touch sensor merged into the display, and

the designating a scroll lock region comprises at least one from among a touch, a multi-touch, a long-touch and a diagram drawing via the touch sensor.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the apparatus comprises a mouse for moving a cursor on the display, and

the designating a scroll lock region comprises performing at least one from among a click, a double click, a drag and drop and a diagram drawing.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the apparatus comprises a user interface comprising a plurality of buttons, and

the designating a scroll lock region comprises using at least one from among the plurality of buttons to designate an image contained in the contents.

16. The method according to claim 12, further comprising generating a graphic user interface (GUI) for designating a part of the contents as the scroll lock region.

17. The method according to claim 12, further comprising releasing the scroll lock region by using a same signal as an input signal received through the user interface when the scroll lock region is designated.

18. The method according to claim 12, further comprising applying a blending process to contents overlapped with the scroll lock region if the contents to be scrolled are overlapped with the scroll lock region.

19. The method according to claim 12, further comprising moving the scroll lock region to a predetermined location on the display.

20. The method according to claim 12, further comprising adjusting a size of the scroll lock region.

22. The method according to claim 18, wherein the blending process is an alpha blending process and the contents to be scrolled are visible through the scroll lock region.

23. An apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display contents;

a user interface configured to designate a plurality of parts of the contents displayed on the display as a plurality of scroll lock regions, respectively; and

a controller configured to lock the plurality of scroll lock regions not to be scrolled, while contents except the plurality of scroll lock regions are scrollable in response to a scroll operation.

24. A contents-control method of an apparatus comprising a display, the method comprising:

displaying contents;

designating a plurality of parts of the contents displayed on the display as a plurality of scroll lock regions by receiving an input signal, respectively; and

locking the plurality of scroll lock regions not to be scrolled, while contents except the plurality of scroll lock regions are scrollable in response to a scroll operation.